Wednesday, 9 November 2011
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ONE of the Giant Sequoia of this kind has reached a height of 85 meters. It's expected to be between 2200 to 2700 years.
The tree is named General Sherman, its expected not only is one of the highest, but also a kind of Sequoia's largest in terms of volume.
In 2002, this tree ever measured the volume of 1487 cubic meters.
Sherman Tree is located in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California. This tree is so named because it was taken from the name of a veteran of the American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
James Wolverton a Lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Cavalry under Sherman named this tree with the name of his boss in 1879.
This tree has actually been awarded the title as the largest since 1931 seen from the factor of the volume.
Measured from its dimensions, this indicates Sherman tree becomes larger every year. Diameter is 1.4 meters above ground is 7.7 meters, diameter of 18 meters above ground is 5.3 meters. Diameter of 55 meters above ground is 4.3 meters, and height of the first limb of the ground is about 40 meters.
Interestingly, the biggest branches broken in 2006. Shaped like the letter "L" plunged from approximately one quarter the height of the tree.
This branch has a diameter of 2 meters by 30 meters long and made to destroy the fence around it.
Yet still, the tree is still the largest living thing on earth that are still alive.
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ONE of the Giant Sequoia of this kind has reached a height of 85 meters. It's expected to be between 2200 to 2700 years.
The tree is named General Sherman, its expected not only is one of the highest, but also a kind of Sequoia's largest in terms of volume.
In 2002, this tree ever measured the volume of 1487 cubic meters.
Sherman Tree is located in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California. This tree is so named because it was taken from the name of a veteran of the American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
James Wolverton a Lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Cavalry under Sherman named this tree with the name of his boss in 1879.
This tree has actually been awarded the title as the largest since 1931 seen from the factor of the volume.
Measured from its dimensions, this indicates Sherman tree becomes larger every year. Diameter is 1.4 meters above ground is 7.7 meters, diameter of 18 meters above ground is 5.3 meters. Diameter of 55 meters above ground is 4.3 meters, and height of the first limb of the ground is about 40 meters.
Interestingly, the biggest branches broken in 2006. Shaped like the letter "L" plunged from approximately one quarter the height of the tree.
This branch has a diameter of 2 meters by 30 meters long and made to destroy the fence around it.
Yet still, the tree is still the largest living thing on earth that are still alive.
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